There are two types of Personal Budget:
A Personal Health Budget is an amount of money you can get from your local Health Authority to help you pay for your health and wellbeing needs.
A Social Care Personal Budget is money which comes from your local council to pay for your social care needs.
There are certain eligibility criteria for who can or can’t get these personal budgets.
The aim is to give disabled people more control over what care they receive and what services they choose, based on their own experience of what works for them.
If you receive either type of Personal Budget, or employ your own Personal Assistant, we have a range of services to take the stress out of organising your finances. Our services are designed by disabled people, for disabled people.
Managed Accounts
If you’re receiving a Personal Budget to manage your own health or social care support, we can support you by:
Setting up & holding your funds in a client account
Making any payments from the account on your behalf, in line with your agreed support plan
Providing you with up to date information and documents about your account
Providing your own personal account manager to support you with anything you need
Payroll service
If you employ your own Personal Assistant, we can help manage their payroll. We can:
Provide your own personal Payroll Advisor
Set you up as an employer with HM Revenue & Customs if needed
Produce payslips and other documents
Let you know how much you need to pay HM Revenue & Customs
Offer advice on legal requirements such as sick pay and maternity/paternity leave
If you think that we might be able to help you manage your finances, or would like to know more about our Personal Budget Solutions, please contact our Finance and Administration Officer on: 0161 234 3950 or email payroll@breakthrough-uk.co.uk.
Read more about Breakthrough’s Personal Budgets Solutions Leaflet
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Breakthrough’s administration address has changed to:
Registered Office – Breakthrough UK
132-134 Great Ancoats Street,
Lancashire
Manchester
England
M4 6DE
If you receive either type of Personal Budget, or employ your own Personal Assistant, we have a range of services to take the stress out of organising your finances. Our services are designed by disabled people, for disabled people.
We manage the highly successful Disability Design Reference Group (DDRG) on behalf of Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM).
Go to: https://breakthrough-uk.co.uk/disability-design-reference-group/